If sophomore quarterback Mac Jones really wants to expand on his brand, he’d embrace this opportunity under the microscope.
Everybody from Vince Wilfork to Julian Edelman is criticizing the Patriots QB for acting like that obnoxious dolt in high school who whined to the gym teacher about some injustice while you continued to savor the five-hole. This is the same guy who acted like Mary Decker after an injury that was about on par with a hangnail.
But he should still take the moment and welcome the whiny persona. Rachel Dratch took the whole Eeyore persona to “Saturday Night Live.